Multimodal Supply Chain

Network and how it will help the

Perishable Industry
 Perishable products
• Products that lose their
value or quality over time
• Where is the trade-off?
• High degree of supply and
demand uncertainty.

Ref: https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/review-of-rfid-applications-in-perishable-inventory-management/41834
 Trends and issues
New markets in developing countries

New cold-chain technologies are being developed to

improve product preservation process and therefore
product quality.

India has wasted a whopping 16 per cent of its fruits and

vegetables every year due to a weak cold chain
infrastructure.

Indian cold chain logistics sector is expected to grow at

over 20 percent CAGR by 2025.
Ref: https://optimoroute.com/cold-chain-logistics/

Ref: https://www.itln.in/demand-up-but-can-indias-perishable-logistics-market-deliver
 Trends and issues

New environmental
The transportation regulations and taxes
network itself is are being enforced
evolving.

Ref:
http://www.cargoconnect.co.in/article/streamlining-indias-perishables-market-will-augur-a-new-era-of-temp-cont
 Challenges:
• An unbroken cold chain is a series of storage and transportation
processes for the safe transport of temperature-sensitive goods
such as food produce and pharmaceutical products.

Ref:
https://www.kearney.com/operations-performance-transformation/article/-/
 Challenges:

• High supply chain costs. Sorting and then transporting

• Temperature is the key thing in maintaining the freshness & extending the shelf life.

• Reliable refrigeration & monitoring solutions to ensure compliance to quality &

regulatory standards

• At farm gate level we must arrest deterioration of quality right from beginning

• Every time someone touches a product the quality degrades

• Challenges of wastage & dump-25 to 30 %- quality gets depleted

• Real time traceability from farm to Fork – monitoring Humidity , temp levels etc.

• Proper packaging to maintain Quality – prevent product contamination

Ref: https://www.itln.in/logistics/tech-enabled-unbroken-cold-supply-chain-need-of-the-hour-for-
india-1346276